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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Robert Reich on Walmart increasing its minimum wage

"The right is already putting out a false story about why Walmart raised its wages. Here's the Wall Street Journal's account:

'Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to boost pay for its U.S. employees to at
least $10 an hour by next year, well above the minimum wage, signaling a
tightening labor market and rising competition for lower-paid workers.'

"Baloney. Low-wage Americans are not in a tight labor market.
They're still suffering brutally high rates of unemployment. Walmart
raised wages because it was under increasing pressure from its current
workers,and from a huge and growing national campaign focused on raising
Walmart workers' pay. But Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal and
other conservative outlets don't want that story told, for fear it might
mobilize even more Americans to demand higher wages. Spread the truth."